Elegance Bail Out

[jdthomas24]

150g Display, 50 gallon sump, BSM Doser, Dose Alk 75ml, calcium 65nl, mag 20ml daily
i run LEDS with BK skimmer

i have had the elegeance for about 18 months an it was about the size of a volleyball 2 months ago. I use 2 Tunzes PH's but have had them in there all year. The Elegance was mid way up in tank and has been there for awhile. I noticed a high ALK level about a week ago which is weird but i delay with it and lowered slowly. All of a sudden the Alk dipped to 7.5 from 11.5 over a 4 days period.
Alk 7.5 Calcium 400 Mg 1250 when i tested

i lowered alk slowly and worked with mag on off days of ALK lowering.
i started noticing the Elegance was in the beginning phase of bail out and i just lowered flow in tank and kept on path. I moved Elegance to sump with LED lights and low flow to hope it would try and recover, most has completely bail out and only a small portion is attached now. I do understand that its days are numbered and have read a lot before i posted here. It will be ultimately unable to produce a new skeleton but there is always hope. Should i just chunk it or let it see if it survives in the sump?

 

[jdthomas24]

no one?

 

[Wills612]

No experience with elegance, but with lps never say never. I have had what seemed like fully dead skeletons, and then all of a sudden little baby heads coming out.

 

[jdthomas24]

well the skeleton smelled like death so i threw it out yesterday, half the elegance was just moving all over the place and i didnt want to risk it so its gone now. weird part is the other half has mounted itself inside the crevice of a piece of LR in the sump and i cant pull it out. weird.

 

[tektite]

An alk swing would definitely stress it, though I doubt that's the only reason it bailed out. Mag 1250 is pretty low, magnesium is very important to LPS. I wouldn't let mag get under 1300 for an LPS tank.

 

[jdthomas24]

i think i just figured out the issue on balance. i have used Red Sea Pro and normal Red Sea Salt and have mixed them on every water change but recently i ran out of the Coral Pro mix. The normal mix is only 7.7 DKH and 1280 Mg which has made my dosing less than it should be. I find that 1400mg, 9.5 dkh range is good for my tank so im going to order soem pro tonight.

 

[SMT6h]

are you dosing or testing strontium at all? can be essential for coral tissue adhesion and calcium deposition. Not saying this is what caused it, but worth looking into.